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Ul SALVAU Barrie Public library Circulation figures Up Almost UN in 1951 Br aroma anon Special Assembly On Thursday morning Feb 14 memorial service was presented by the Students Council in memory of the late King Torn Tacluk dedicat ed the service and the collegiate band played Chopins Prelude in Minor setting background for the words The deep sorrow and regret that has come over the many countries of the world in this past week were expressed by Mary Lou Johns Mary Lou also statedihat Canada out of all the British nations was the first to declare allegiance to the new sovereign This was done on the morning of Feb The message presented to Canadians by Chief Justice Rinfret was read by Don McLean Following the singing of Abide With Me John Cook gave brief account of the Kings life His younger days not spent in prepara tioll for kingship seemed to re flect his kindness and made us real ize the hard task he had tackled and accomplished George VI had life filled with personality sympa thy and idealism His devotion to the country and crowa was clearly shown in his Christmas address of 1939 when he stated that although darkness hung low with the threat of war he would do his best and place his hand in the Hand pf God Tlic scripture selection taken from the Book of Wisdom 4th Chapter was read by Diane Carril hers The solemn hush which then come over the school was symbolic throughout the nations as our way of saying thank you to good ruler and to show our regrets for his passing It is possibl that many of us will long remember the words which the Archbishop uttered as he committed the Kings body to the ground Earth to earth ashes to ashes dus Must Yes we shall remombe George the Good Following the uricminutesi sil ence Tom told of our young Queens ascension lo the throne and how we as Canadians should be proud to serve under her leader ship The National Anthem was played after the repeating of the words The King is dead Long live the Queen Latin Putty OnSaturday evening Latin partywas held in the BDCI gym While the other students were or riving and being seated Myrna Brown entertained those already present with piano selections The first part of the program got undenway with the grade XIID girls dressed alike in white logos with red sashes and laurel wreaths singing Guadeamus igitur Fol lowing this Was skit by X13 built ask for Head Library ChildrensDepartment Reports 500 New Borrowers Circulation increased 5326 Miss Molly Brown who joined hc staff of the Barrie Public Library during 1951 as childrens librarian was able to report to the library board annual meeting on Feb ii that circulation in her do bartment had increased 5326 over the previous year The highly satisfactory increase was due in part she fell to the visits of school classes to the lib ary during the month of October aid the first week in November It vas also partly due to the reregis ration program conducted through he schools which brought the lib ary over 500 new borrowers Total circulation for 1951 in tho hiidrens department was 29387 ncluding the visitingclasses and he two school libraries Of this dial chool and Saturdays during the September period an average of 3315 books month or 659 day total of 684 new boolm were lurchascd during 1951 at cost of $106054 or about $179 per book large proportion of these were ction books and easytoread llory books since the bulk of the irculaiion is among younger chil which represented giadiatorfight accompanied by the royal court spectators The combat introduced by Roman trumpeting consisted of both male and female gladiators After the winners were proclaimed the trumpeter sounded sad 1am cut for the defeated The chorus girls again led the audience in Trans acquora abiit Chloe My Bonnie followed by Sodails iiic lucundus For hes jolly fellow The wellknown twenty questions game was then presented by Anne Baker and Barbara Perkins XIIA presented skit which depicted At lanta running her last race Other songs were Comin Thro The Rye Tics Murcs Three blind mice and GoodNight bodies The gym was decorated to suit the occasion red and while twisted streamers across the gym giving it an atmosphere for Venus and Cup idl As background for all the skits etc large painted canvas consisting of Roman columns and polisades was placed behind it grasscovered platform The next entertaining group XIA gave their idea of Caesars ex pedition to Britain Caesar Bruce Popplelon in his regal robes sent his men against the noble Britons whose gallant leader was depicted as Churchill Bill Simpsonl After great battle Caesar accompanied by two goldenhaired British maid Cris pronounced the words Veni Vidi Vicl This was folioWed by slave auction grade 3111 which consisted of an auctioneer Doug Stewart buyer Jim Linking slave Tom Taciuk and many oth ers There were many more interest ing and gay events The second part of the evening entertainment consisted of Simcoe County Barn Dancing led by John Cooka skat ing array and draws for prizes Thewinners of the draws were Maurice Fraser and Howie Cope land The evening gaiety was end cd with refreshments and dancing Congratulationsahd thanks are extended to Miss Rickard all the studcntsand teachers who spent long hours in making this party such an enjoyable success Tests for position on the School Rifle Team have begun and in the recent trials the leading boys were John CookTXIIIB SirBruce Bigo low XA 90 and Ken OConnor x11 89 Due to unforseen conditions the Leap YearDance has been postpon ed until set 29 fl Wehave often wondered how the blind can readand since last week was ltWhite Cane Week more uigpghtitban usual was possibly given to idea If you are inter salad on how the books bra ofwerefir madeand iri lroducd to its blind students you shouldreadlliuouis Braille or life history oi the man who made it possible for hundreds of people to see intoilhe world of edUcatlun Atd recentassmbiy Jeanjllow last half of their all and Don McLean received the die school scholarship up one 5750 were circulated after MISS MOLLY BROWN dron Since this collection is now well built up reported Miss Brown it is planned to devote more often lion in 1952 to books which are rc latcd to the social studies courses in the schools in the hope of interest ing children who are good students but not enthusiastic readers Last year the library conducted two school libraries one for grades two to eight at King Edward School and one for grades two to four at Prince of Wales School These libraries do good circulation and most of the children appreciate having them but the conditions un der which they operate are far from ideal and the collections in each case are inadequate It is hoped that they will be improved by next year Miss Brown told the board that the story hours at the library had not been well attended and said she felt the hour was good deal to blame for this She considered that 930 oclock on Saturday morning was little early and suggested that nextfall the hour could be changed to 1030 oclock lieregistration reregistlatiorl program was conducted in the childrens depart ment last fall using pink cards in stead of blue so that the juvenile file might be kept separate Ap proximately 1275 children are new registered borrowers 522 of whom are new Many children who had never used theiibrary have become regular borrowers since receiving library cards at school During the week of Oct 28 class es visited the library and took out books Four of these were from StMarys School and did not in tend to come regularly The re maining 24 were to have come once month These visits however were cancelled early in November because of an accident which hap pened to one of the pupils on her way back to the school after one of these visits This va not quite the tragedy it seemed at first as variety of considerations would probably have made it inevitable in any case In place of these visits it has been arranged for the childrens iibrariantovisit the classes brlce month Book listswill be distri buted to help the children in their choice of books The children will also be encouraged to discuss their books in class and totell others about books they have enjoyed They will also be invited to mark on the lists the books they have liked best in order to help tbelib ration choose the books for the library aLOANPLANS llrclusllstozariloolrilacoh 13mm1mLm new mmmoe mosmiv BRENTWOOD ing this week with her sister Mrs Galbraith of Oriilla where she is under the doctors care Quite number from here al ilendcd le euchre in Utopia put ion by til recreation committee Fred McBride and Catherine Me lBrlde were prize winners this iweek Mr and Mrs Jack Holmes and famiiy Essa Station visited Mr and Mrs Wilfred Davidson on lSunday Mr and Mrs Johnny Hogan Mary Catherine and Margaret Anne of Phelpslon spent Sunday at Fred McBrides Barrie visited Mr and Mrs VDllmond on Sunday LEONARCS BEACli Grandlauiers boy FEB iiiOur delegation from the Beach were called to school board meeting and one of the trustees remarked that what was good enough for his grandfather was good enough for us dcr if he will bring team of oxen out to do his work this spring as grandfather did or will he realize this is 1952 Recent visitors John Mcinlosh at Tom Sploules Relativlzs and friends from Uxbridge at Lorne Coughllns Mr and Mrs Alex Gray with George Parsons Jr Mr and Mrs Noble of Percy Davies Sorry to report that Mrs Tom Gandon has been taken to St Josephs Hospital Toronto for ob scrvaiion STROUD FEB 18Mrs Ralph Robertson and daughter Patricia visited last lweek with Mr and Mrs Frank Robertson in Listowci Mls Truman Flatt Mrs Flor cncc Ross Mrs Robert Graham and Mrs Alvin Webb left on Mon day on motor trip to Florida The Young Adult Fellowship of St James United Church will meet after the church service Sun day night Feb 24 at the home of Mr and Mrs Parker Peacock There will be special speaker Nantyr School Service 2A service in memory of the late King George Vi wasfhcld in Naniyr School on Thursday after noon Feb 14 The servim open ed wilhthe hymn Abide With Me followed by Psalm 90 read by Russell Brady The prayer for memorial services was then said by the pupils and the second scrip lure reading taken from Solomon Is 19 and 15 and 16 was read by Grant Andrade Tl school joined in singing the late Kings favorite hymn TheKlng of Love My Shepherd Is Mrs Booth teacher gave an address on the many characteristics of the King his Christian attributes and his de votion to duty Following the ad dress the school sang The Lord is my Shepherd followed by the Lords Prayer Two minutes sil ence was observed in respect to the late King Atitbeeconclusilin of the silence special prayer is sued by Her Majesty Queen Eliz abeth II was repeated bythc pup ils and theservice clothed with the singing of GodSave theQueen FEB illbits Cooper is spend Mr and Mrs Eugene McBride We won largesl lmrease When we look of lhe circulation statistics for 1951 as we Will in moment let us think lhlll some of those numberst stand for ideas know first some of our borrowers have read Shaws plays George lof harming lo the program An Orwclls essays histories of religion Olfltl part of our reference workis and philosophy vine Clfild and have asked for lmmerial for essays and oral com if not read Pinto Even small lpOSlllUnS public library can act as all agelllj of democracy is it provides llS par rolls with new food for lllollgili Circulation Up 10060 The total of adult and childrens books circulated in 1951 was 73609 an ncroase of 9831 over the pit culuifon of the previous year The ldull circulation showed on me crease of 2529 nonfiction est increases were in the biography class and surprisingly enough in lilo literature clnssflhnt is poetry plays essays and humor History lolly class of nonfiction reading was MISS JEAN KNIGHT Miss Jenn Knight librarian of ichnscd during the your at cost of the Barrie Public Library gave comprehensive report of the activities of the libniry and its staff during 1951 for board members at their annual meet ing on Monday evening Feb 11 Following is the text of Miss Knights report Bolero reviewing the years work of 11113 Barrie Public Library let us consider again the value of pub lic library and of books Every when in my reading nowadays there have cropped up discussions of the dcsiruclion of mans in dividulllily by the media of mass conllnlllliculions newspapers radio television and the moving pictures Another frightful thought besides that of the destruction of mans in dividuality is that our individl fly0r our opinions or our ways of reacting to situationsLinus all this may be at the mercy of who ever controls these mediafAAnd that there may be deliberate con trol not for ally gain but power Readers of George Orlvelis Nineteen Eightyfour will know just how horrible this thought can be Radio and television programs and moving pictures cost fabulous sums to produce And as Licbling vryly pointed out about the freedom of the American press anyoile can buy and run rcily newspaper in the Statesall you need is million dollars 10 million dollars for New York City or Chicago Books have an important role to play in this present situation They cost relatively little to produce and therefore through them men with new and perhaps unorthodox ideas can seek an audience and gain ad herents if they can Men who wish to test all ideas can read their books If democracy consists of free men with the right to discuss freely all ideas then surely pub liclibrary source of many ideas is One of the bright spots on what 38 to many of todays thinkers dreary landscape and travel also showed considerable lncrczlses The only decrease in lill the number of books on religion total of 1721 books were pur $3280 Of these 364 were adult use mm mm WW rm first the reference work with the theth officersilnuaining at Camp Bore lticipated this has ly the work den who are searching for material Ewart for the staff but we generally on current affairs for es it has been WWW says speeches and debates second always newbie to Mill the in connection wilfrlof the borrower or CKBBs Telequiz program Many irower but we feel tint libraries refuse to answer quiz these hitchea many mph questions but we find that it pays been in goodwill number of our parts 2051 ions seeking an answer to the mm with the recreation council ta real question Have used the refer once section and thus become more familiar with its resources and group number of people have entered the weil enough attended for second library for the first time as result lseries to be scheduled 1976 fiction over 1950 The lulg your Perhaps Al Icry the Film Council Service Minnfiction 693 were adult fictionfouncll lend 664 were childrens books There were 25 gifts of books from friends of the library and from governl mom sources Four hundred and 27 adults joinl ed the library in 1951 Our regisl irnliorl file showed registration of 6500 This figure is loo high and rigregistration is in progress now in respect to the financial stolel ment it is important to note that about 200 fewer books were bought this year than last about 40 being childrens books and the rest adult nonfiction We spent $420 less on books in 1951 than in 1950 It also should be noted that the cost of book repair materials has increased during the year and that postage has also increased While this last item may seem small one to large concern it has been noticed here that every overdue notice and reserve card costs us now three times as much to post Outdoor Display As for large single expenditures we should remember thatlhe roof was repaired at of the library must of $200 and that lighted out idoor display sign for book jackets was erected We notice people stop ping to look at the jackets inside and fairly often have requests for the books We do not keep reference figures andihereforc cannot quote figures There are three types of reference work which can be mentioned ECONOMIZE with MW The palm for beautiful WALLS 8c CElLlNGS Willi BETTER Mil clEAllllisl your the by inlercsling display he 13 wi lfl lhe financial allotted Duringtlw the library board senlmg series of film We the senior citizens or didnt of citizens These slim The Ontario and Canadian Dantes The 131 iflLlplilg high school students find My Ammmm hed MW lin Toronto in June They were are ltcndcd by the chairman and ma EA MacLaren of the library board lotions very ably on the topic of Public This last paragraph has beers on lindicaiion of the interest taken in llhe library and in library work by lihe members of the board Mid lerest has always been moisten couraging lo the librarian and staff very much appreciated the exception of three months been let Us lrove to You That Our lt FAMOUS SANITONE SERVICE is BETTER Thorough Spot and Slain Removal cloth are cleaner Jodedcolors restored to sparkling brilliance Skillful press lusts longed We invite you to challenge our Saniionc Dry Cleaning Service Youll be amazed you can so luaiiy see and feel the difference in he very first garment we dry clean for you 021 Anson tint gt PHONE 553157 Anise travelling book llhe librarian and Miss flotsam 051 British Book De lmsa seismic librarian The chair lsign for 1950 was shown in the lib man spoke at one of the rueatih gs rnry in the first two weeks of Jam nary 1951 Many pffili stopped to admire 100 examples of fine design and bookmaking during that period You will notice in statement that the library hail ren olld 0f lzlls amounted in $43942 during the The hall was rented on an iivclllgu of three limes week to great variety of organizations most commendable booking of the hull was by the Barrie Art Club vhosc memberSi sponsored travelling exhibit of prints from lll National Art Gal The most important event in the library year has been kept to the last in this chronicle in June Mias Marion Brown joined the The library has for two years with without trained childrens libsan The library cooperatcd during inn who could devote all her time the Barrie Film to this important branch of library circulating films and setvice URIGHI autos it FOR 1A BETTER KIND osoltr CLE